Acholin.adj.
/əˈtʃəʊli/, U.S. /əˈtʃoʊli/α. 1800s Shooli, 1800s– Shuli.
β. 1900s– Acholi, 1900s– Achooli, 1900s– Achouli, 1900s– Acoli, 1900s– Asholi, 1900s– Ashuli, 1900s– Atcholi, 1900s– Atchuli.
A. n.
A member of a farming and pastoral people of northern Uganda and southern Sudan; the Nilotic language of this people.
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the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of Africa > peoples of East Africa > [noun] > other peoples
Galla1625
Afar1845
Nyasa1848
Kikuyu1849
Barotse1851
Makololo1853
Oromo1868
Baganda1872
Acholi1874
Makonde1883
Kamba1885
Luo1886
Ogoni1888
Turkana1894
Lango1902
Sebei1902
Suk1902
Wanderobo1902
Sapiny1909
Sandawe1924
Kipsigis1931
Pokot1937
the mind > language > languages of the world > Nilo-Saharan languages > [noun] > Nilotic group of > Western
Acholi1874
Alur1883
Nuer1885
Lango1902
Shilluk1921
Luo1922
1874 S. W. Baker Ismailïa II. xii. 435 The chase supplies the great tribe of Shooli with clothing.
1888 Mrs. R. W. Felkin tr. E. Schnitzer Emin Pasha in Central Afr. i. vi. 106 So early as Baker's time, Rocháma (Rot Yarma) was chief of all the Shuli.
1902 Rep. on Protectorate of Uganda 24 in Parl. Papers (Cd. 671) XLVIII. 569 The political organization of various native States..has been carried out..amongst the Masai of the Mau district,..and to some extent..the Acholi,..and Bankole.
1902 Encycl. Brit. XXXIII. 541/2 The languages spoken in the Uganda Protectorate belong to the following stocks:—..III. Nilotic (Acholi, Aluru, Jaluo, &c.).
1948 Uganda Jrnl. 12 82 The name by which the people are known is Acholi, originally written Shuli: but in the country itself they are called Ganyi, and the language is called Luganyi.
1992 P. Mutibwa Uganda since Independence vii. 88 It was unfortunate that Amin should have automatically singled out the Acholi as his enemies.
B. adj.
Of or relating to the Acholi or their language.
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the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of Africa > peoples of East Africa > [adjective] > other peoples
Galla1710
Afar1845
Makololo1857
Baganda1872
Acholi1874
Makonde1876
Ogoni1888
Oromo1890
Turkana1894
Lango1902
Sebei1902
Suk1902
Luo1909
Sandawe1925
Wanderobo1935
Pokot1951
the mind > language > languages of the world > Nilo-Saharan languages > [adjective] > Nilotic > of or relating to Nilotic languages
Acholi1874
Alur1888
Turkana1894
Lango1902
Suk1902
Teso1902
Luo1909
Nandi1909
Masai1947
Kalenjin1957
1874 Proc. Royal Geogr. Soc. 18 140 The natives of Fatiko speak the Shooli language.
1874 S. W. Baker Ismailïa II. iii. 94 Abou Saood..had told the Shooli natives to attack me.
1936 Uganda Jrnl. 3 175 (heading) Some notes on Acholi religious ceremonies.
1964 C. Willock Enormous Zoo i. 18 Justin's wife was about to have another baby. She called it Lyec, the Acholi for elephant.
1984 N.Y. Times 8 Aug. a1/1 Most army members are from the Langi and Acholi tribes, which support Mr. Obote.
1999 S. L. Kasfir Contemp. Afr. Art vi. 167 In rural areas where most of the arts were produced by the peasantry..being Tiv, Dogon or Acholi had a far greater immediacy than being Nigerian, Malian or Ugandan.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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